Re: tlug: Xwindows crashing

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Chris Sekiya wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
> 
> > really?  I want details :)
> 
> Overdrive the ramdac.  Specify the wrong ramdac (despite what you may have
> heard, it's damned near impossible to autoprobe ramdacs) -- especially
> with a trio or a virge.  Misspecify the linear aperture (not really a
> problem with PCI cards anymore).  Fail to sacrifice a goat to the X
> Daemon.

I don't think that the Redhat or TL X config tools will let you
mis-specify these things... I don't think so anyway.

> 
> > you'd say the same thing about any config tool other than xf86config, I
> > bet :)... how do you feel about XF86Setup?
> 
> Even xf86config is pushing the limits of acceptability.
> 
> I've never used XF86Setup (the tcl/tk config tool, yes?) as I don't like
> tcl/tk.

Agreed.  I've never liked tcl/tk much either.  XF86Setup does work in
Japanese, though (then again, so does turboxcfg...)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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